Craft Heroes Event: Bread + Beer = Best of Craic!

Andrew Ingredients and IREKS welcomed a group of more than sixty Irish and Northern Irish bakers to the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Dublin for a 'Craft Malt' themed evening on Wednesday 27th March.

The evening began with a tour of Ireland's most popular tourist attraction, the superb Guinness Storehouse, where we were treated to seven floors filled with interactive experiences that combine Guinness' long brewing history with Ireland's rich heritage. The tour finished with a pint of the 'Black Stuff' at the world-famous rooftop Gravity Bar, with spectacular 360 degrees view of the city.

We then made our way across to the The Open Gate Brewery, Guinness' experimental brewery, where the renowned Hop House 13 was born.

The theme of the evening was Rockabilly, with the music provided by the very talented Donna Dunne & the Mystery Men.

IREKS showcased a range of innovative products and applications using their newly launched Craft Malt product - a aromatic malt blend of high-quality speciality malts from the IREKS malthouse, rounded off with aromatic hop oil. This versatile powder addition can be used to create countless products including bread, rolls, croissants, crumbles for desserts, sauces, dressings...much of which we got to taste during the evening as part of our meal.

As is frequently the case at our events in conjunction with IREKS, there were some shenanigans involved throughout the night, including three team games; a quiz, a strength competition involving a stein of beer and the messiest one 'There is Hops and Malt Lost'. Well done to the overall winners - Team Red!

Thank you to all who attended, it was great to have an opportunity to catch up, showcase a new product and application ideas and of course to just relax and have some fun!

We hope you enjoyed your gift box, may you think of Andrew Ingredients and IREKS every time you fill the glass!